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Megadeth and Gojira are among the acts playing on the third and final day of Rock Off 2014, Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe.
On their Reflektor Tour, Arcade Fire play at Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Zachary Swanson of Hebron, Wicomico County, Maryland, USA, is attacked by Paul Martin Hurst and Cary Lee Edwards, both members of the Juggalos, a loosely-organised cult of followers of the band Insane Clown Posse. As a result of the attack, motivated by his wearing of a Juggalos tattoo which Hurst and Edwards felt he had not earned, Swanson suffers fractures to his nasal area and face, brain bleeding, swelling around his eyes, eleven broken ribs and a liver laceration. Hurst and Edwards are arrested soon after.
Bastille play on the second day of The Indiependence festival, Deer Farm, Mitchelstown, near Cork, Ireland, Europe.
Nicki Minaj releases a new single, Anaconda, whose sexually provocative cover art is censored on several digital music stores with a 'Parental Advisory' label.
Vance Joy releases a new single, First Time, as a digital download on Liberation Music in Australia, Oceania.
Chicago and REO Speedwagon play at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colorado, USA.
On her ArtRave : The Artpop Ball tour, Lady Gaga plays at The EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Snarky Puppy and Terrace Martin play at The Troubadour, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Sir Cliff Richard attends a charity event at his winery in Albufeira, Portugal, Europe.
It is announced that an urn containing the ashes of 50s deejay Alan Freed, who was credited with popularising the term rock'n'roll, has recently been removed from the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The Museum's executive driector Greg Harris, explains, "The museum world is moving away from exhibiting remains," arguing that ashes don't help tell a story. The rest of Freed's exhibit in the museum remains in place.